News archive from 13 August 2014

DIAGEO's Ivan Menezes received a £7.8 million pay package in his first year as chief executive of the drinks giant, although it was almost £500,000 less than he picked up &#8232;in his previous role as chief operating officer.
Menezes and the...

THE Commonwealth Games were blessed for the most part by blue skies and glorious sunsets to such an extent that a worldwide television audience must have wondered if this was some other Glasgow they were seeing on their screens.
We can only hope for...

AKER Solutions, the Norwegian oil technology business, has agreed what is believed to be Scotland's biggest office letting as it expands its UK presence.
The firm said it would be taking more than 330,000 square feet of office space at a new...

NEW Look has hailed a "terrific" set of first-quarter results after making the most of this summer's trends, such as kimono-style tops and printed trousers.
The fashion chain also revealed that it h as received a takeover approach for its...

Macclesfield, SE Cheshire and Buxton RSPCA is holding a sponsored dog walk in Macclesfield Forest on Sunday August 17 between 9am and 4pm.
There will be a two-kilometre and a five-kilometre route as well as stalls, quizzes, tombola and refreshments....

Chief executive of YoungMinds Sarah Brennan welcomed the LGA highlighting the need for children's mental health service reforms. Photograph: Robert James Egan Services for children with mental health problems need a complete overhaul so youngsters and...

HUNDREDS of on-the-spot fines have been handed out to motorists in Yorkshire for offences such as lane-hogging, tailgating and dangerous overtaking on the region's roads since police were given new powers last year.
West Yorkshire Police has handed...

A patient undergoes a blood test for diabetes, a condition which brings icnreased risk of stroke and heart failure. Photograph: Hugo Philpott/PA How much worse can the type 2 diabetes epidemic get? Shockingly, a new study published by a leading...

The new league tables will take into account GCSE results like those being opened above along with extra-curricular activities such as sport and music. Photograph: PA After years of objecting to school league tables, headteachers' unions are to...

Students at New College, Oxford. University application rates have continued to recover after falling in the wake of the 2012 rise in tuition fees. Photograph: Alamy The raising of tuition fees to £9,000 has not put off students from disadvantaged...

Summer signing Souleymane Doukara struck twice on his competitive home debut as Leeds United avoided a banana skin by beating Accrington Stanley to advance to round two of the Capital One Cup.
Head coach David Hockaday was able to celebrate his first...

THE deepening humanitarian crisis in Iraq could result in "mass atrocity and possible genocide" unless the international community takes "all possible measures", United Nations human rights experts warned last night, as the UK sent...

A TEMPORARY Israel-Hamas truce was holding for a second day as of last night.
Negotiations on a lasting ceasefire and a long-term solution for the battered Gaza Strip were set to resume in Cairo.
A similar three-day truce collapsed on Friday when...

A CONVOY of 280 Russian trucks thought to be packed with aid was headed for eastern Ukraine yesterday - but Kiev said it would deny the mission entry because it could be a covert military operation.
The International Committee of the Red Cross said it...